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First Measles Case for 2019 Confirmed in Tarrant County

Mar 21 - Tarrant County Public Health has confirmed a Tarrant County resident has tested positive for Measles. This is the first case of measles reported in Tarrant County in several years and it is not related to any other measles case in North Texas.

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Unincorporated Northwest Tarrant County Scheduled for Ground Spraying

Nov 2 - Tarrant County Public Health has confirmed the presence of West Nile Virus in two mosquito samples collected in unincorporated Northwest Tarrant County.

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Unincorporated Northwest, Southwest Tarrant County Scheduled for Ground Spraying

Oct 26 - Tarrant County Public Health has confirmed the presence of West Nile Virus in two mosquito samples collected, respectively, in unincorporated Northwest and Southwest Tarrant County.

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Health Director's blog - May 13, 2019

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Measles and Mosquitoes

No doubt you've heard news of measles cases springing up locally and nationally. Did you know that year-round transmission of measles was declared eliminated in the United States back in 2000? And yet, these cases have appeared. Regardless of where they came from, we now know a major factor they have in common is that they happened AMONG THE UNVACCINATED.

AND DID YOU KNOW: vaccines by themselves do not kill diseases...

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